DODGEgallery is pleased to present Bigger Than Shadows\
, a group exhibition co-curated by Rich Blint and Ian Cofre. <
br />Bigger Than Shadows is a group
exhibition that explores recent work on the black male body that refashion
s\, riffs on\, or re-inflects dominant constructions about the figure known
as the black male. Black maleness conjures a host of contradictory associa
tions in the American imagination—from questions about historical morality\
, creative virtuosity\, inherent pathology\, to notions of outsized masculi
nity and\, paradoxically\, the very absence of masculine authority. Bigg
er Than Shadows aims to clear space for a timely exchange among emergin
g and established artists about contemporary and future-oriented visual re-
presentations of racialized corporeality—of the black male body in the fles
h. Participating artists include Derrick Adams\, Noah Davis\, Rico Gatson\,
Adler Guerrier\, Lyle Ashton Harris\, Duron Jackson\, Jayson Keeling\, Yas
hua Klos\, Deana Lawson\, Kambui Olujimi\, Ebony Patterson\, Robert Pruitt\
, Jacolby Satterwhite\, and more.

Duron Jackson will present a new sculpture titled Bones Crusad
e\, 2012\, which expands on his previous work on incarceration\, survei
llance\, and the influence and distortionary effects of these systems. Othe
r sculptural works by Rico Gatson and Adler Guerrier draw from multiple ref
erences\, engaging the urban landscape and its impression on the body throu
gh abstractions of language and perception.

The revelatory photographic contributions from Lyle Ash
ton Harris\, Jayson Keeling\, and Deana Lawson are documents of subjects th
at defy immediate categorization. Harris's and Lawson's examinations of Sou
thern subcultures join Keeling\, who is working with a bust of his own face
cast by John Ahearn\, rephotographing the sculpture to draw attention to s
ubtleties of form through distance.

Yashua Klos's constructions are both fragile and monumental\, n
egotiating aspects of identity through fragmentation\, collage\, and camouf
lage. Similarly reconstructed\, an array of visual styles will be on displa
y including a contribution from The Human Structure Series (2011) by
Derrick Adams\, an example of Ebony Patterson's Species Series (201
1)\, a new\, large-scale drawing by Houston-based artist Robert Pruitt\, a
quiet and ambiguous figurative painting by Los Angeles-based Noah Davis\, n
ew work by Kambui Olujimi\, and a virtual\, Hieronymus Bosch-esque video ta
bleau titled Country Ball\, 1989-2012\, by Jacolby Satterwhite that is buil
t from memory rather than morality.

Rich Blint earned his Ph.D. in the Program in American Studi
es at New York University. His areas of specialty include African-American
literature and culture\; the literature of the Anglophone Caribbean\; as we
ll as racial visuality\, media studies\, and U.S. popular culture. He is co
-editor of a special issue of African American Review on James Baldwin (for
thcoming Winter 2013)\; guest editor of the Winter/Spring 2008 issue of Bla
ck Renaissance Noir\, a journal of pan-African culture and politics\; and h
as written critically about the work of Wangechi Mutu and Deana Lawson. The
recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Found
ation\, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, and the C.L.R. James Institute\,
Rich has taught courses and guest lectured at New York University\, Columbi
a University School of Law\, Vassar College\, and the Brecht Forum. He serv
es on the Executive Board of Vanderbilt University’s Issues in Critical Inv
estigation: The African Diaspora and is currently Adjunct Assistant Profess
or in the Department of Africana\, Puerto Rican\, and Latino Studies at Hun
ter College\, The City University of New York.

Ian Cofre\, a graduate of Columbia University\, is a
n independent curator working primarily with emerging artists. Frequently c
ollaborating with Omar Lopez-Chahoud\, recent projects include co-writing "
The Art Fair Effect\," an essay for the Bronx Museum's Taking AIM!The Busin
ess of Being an Artist Today (2011) and co-curating the exhibitions Tracing
the Unseen Border (2011) at La MaMa La Galleria and Southern Exposure (200
9) at Dumbo Arts Center. Other shows include Behind Closed Doors (2011)\, a
curated solo project by Manuela Viera-Gallo at Y Gallery and The Doubtful
Guest (2010) at Kill Devil Hill in Greenpoint\, NY. He most recently served
as Director of the now-closed Sue Scott Gallery and Studio Manager for Mic
kalene Thomas before that.